30 Day Brazil Butt Lift Challenge while pregnant - Day 1

We all know that I am pregnant and if it wasn't obvious I will post some pictures.

Breakfast from a few days ago.

Get ready to kick your booty!

I wanted to partake in a challenge for 30 days of Brazil Butt Lift. It is a low impact workout that will help me feel like I did workout. I would have done it sooner but I had let my sister borrow it and I was waiting and hoping she would return it while I was pregnant so that I could do it LOL. 30 days of BBL! Whewwwww! I don't know what exactly I am getting myself into but after today's workout and carrying an extra 23-25 pounds sheesh it is going to be a feat that's for sure LOL.

I am going to document every day by logging what I am eating as well as every week giving up something that is unhealthy and I will let you know how that process goes! 

I am doing this because I would really like a challenge and I feel like I have been really relaxed  with my eating and I don't want to pile on the pounds in the last 12 weeks of my pregnancy like I am probably on the road to doing. I don't want that to happen so I have to be proactive and present in everything that I am doing instead of being mindless and giving in to every craving or wanna be craving that I have.

I am going to go with the combination plan since I really don't have an aim to any change of shape ha ha ha! I WILL be skipping the ab workouts but will do all the other ones. I feel like giving myself this challenge will also help me with another type of challenge group that I am working on that I am super excited about presenting!!!!!


So today I had BUM BUM it is a 25 minute workout that is body weight and cardio based and I sweat like an animal LOL. It was nice to get such a good workout in, in 30 minutes. I feel great after having done it even though I waited so long to get the darn thing done! 

My meals for today were........(if I eat anymore today I will update it in tomorrows blog post.)

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, 5 mango slices, 1 piece Ezekiel bread with 1 TBS peanut butter and 2 tsp jelly.

Snack: 1 banana and Chocolate Vegan Shakeology with water.

During my 2 snacks I was taking my son to the airport to go back home so eating airport food was not on my agenda! Nor on my wallets!

Snack: 2 handfuls of salted roasted almonds.

Lunch: Panera Bread Turkey avocado BLT on sourdough 1 bag of kettle chips and a pickle water to drink. 

Dinner: Chicken soup with brown rice.

I plan on giving up CANDY for 7 days!!!!!!!! Jesus help me!

That is all I have for today!

Week 27 Bumpdate

Baby Girl: At 13.6 to 14.8 inches and 1.5 to 2.5 pounds, she's not just getting bigger, she's getting smarter.

My Symptoms: This week has been great but so many things have changed it seems like. It seems that I am going to be going through this weekly. I have been feeling more tired but energized all at the same time. I am off this week and sleeping has been phenomenal. Not having to wake up at 5:30 AM has been such a blessing. I just got back from my awesome Bombshell Retreat and boy did they wear me out! ha ha! I came back SO tired I didn't think I could be that tired again but 12 hours of sleep in 2 days will certainly throw you for a loop right?!

Let's see. I am tired but not all the time, I am getting out of breath faster. The stairs are my nemesis and there are only like 10 of them LOL. My workouts are suffering and I have been having to slow down BIG time but I am ok with that.

Weight/Belly: I am up 22-23 pounds depending on what I eat and when I eat it but I am ok with that. I am going to try and keep that down. With traveling and all that, eating has not been a priority meaning healthy eating has not been. My belly is well I feel like it couldn't grow anymore but we all know that it will ha ha!


Maternity Clothes: Yes, I am wearing them but I still fit into my yoga pants and I bought some Small and Medium Tami's from Old Navy so I wear those around the house a lot. I really only wear maternity when I am leaving the house which is rarley ever so I guess I am mostly in reg clothes! :) 


Movement: Yes she is moving and kicking me but she really likes to hang out at the bottom of my belly she rarely comes up above my belly button and I am counting my blessings for every day that she is not all up in and around my ribs.


Sleep: I have been getting up to go potty every night now which really stinks BUT I am sleeping well. Next week it may be a different story ha ha. 

Cravings: Still raisins and mangoes. Vegetables seems to have left but I only really eat them around dinner time. 
  Best Pregnancy Moment This Week: Having everyone I didn't know at the retreat tell me how great I look for being pregnant. It is nice for people to be real with you.

Goals for next week: Eat more vegetables :) 

Thoughts: I can't wait to see my girl. I can't wait to hold her and kiss her all up. I really want to relax more than ever but all I can think about is her and what she is going to look like and how everyone is going to be reacting to the new bundle that is joining the family. I feel so blessed that I am having a great pregnancy and despite some of the discomforts I am enjoying taking care of this little one in my belly!

Postpartum Plans

I have been pretty obsessed with my post pregnancy plans. It happened to me when I was pregnant with my second child. I was tired of being BIG and carrying all that weight. I was also pumped because my husband bought me an iPod and I went out and got myself some new sneakers and all that ha ha. I was READY but still had a baby in there. Now, it seems that I have the same itch ha ha. The only exception is that I want to go back to my normal workouts! I still have a long time to go but I am really excited to get started toward my new body.

I recently registered for the 2014 Wine and Dine Half Marathon that is now SOLD OUT. That thing sold out in a week! You better believe that I was on my phone on the treadmill at 12:00 on the dot buying my ticket and my husbands after party ticket! I wasn't going to miss out on this adventure. In December I already knew that I wanted to register for this half marathon. I put it on my goal board and it is going to come true ha ha. I just hope that I will be strong enough to do the damned thing come November as I am only going to be between 4 and 5 months postpartum ha ha.

I also plan on doing P90X to tone back up. If anything I will do the 3 lifting days and the Yoga day and leave the rest to pounding the pavement. I think I should be ok there with that, if it becomes too much than I will re-evaluate and take it from there.

I also plan on walking as soon as I feel up to it even it is a mile or half a mile or so just to keep my body moving. I couldn't imagine being so active for 9 months of pregnancy to just do nothing for 6 weeks. That's not to say that I am not going to rest relax and enjoy my teeny baby, but I am not going to be sedentary the whole 6 weeks either.

For my diet......I don't really know. I think I am just going to keep it VERY clean and not worry about calories and all that, but more about eating as healthy as I can as I plan on pumping my milk for my baby. I am going to cut out all the junk food and indulgences that I have been having on a daily basis and go somewhat on a detox of that stuff and just eat good, green, and healthy :)

We shall see what the future hold for me. This plan is best case scenario as we all know life doesn't always go as planned but I am happy to finally have a road map planned out for me.

Week 25 Bumpdate

My baby this week: The average fetus measures about 13.6 inches to 14.8 inches and weighs about 1.5 to 2.5 pounds (from thebump.com).

My Symptoms: This week I have been feeling SUPER tired. I can feel the third trimester rearing it's little freaking head around the corner. I can't believe that I have a little over three months left with this little baby in my belly. I can't wait to see what she looks like but boy oh boy am I feeling like this pregnancy is going by way too fast. This week overall I have been feeling very overwhelmed with the obligations that my husband and I have, work, and preparing for this baby has gotten me feeling out of sorts. It's not so much that we need to get a lot of things for her, it's the lack of things that we need that have me feeling frazzled and forgetful about it. Nesting has really hit me hard. I re-did our living room and today I cleaned up the basement which is a task that I have wanted to complete for weeks now and it is FINALLY done and organized :) 

Weight/Belly: I am up 20 pounds and I have not worked out as much this week. I did the treadmill twice this week and a barre class. I had a photography shoot this weekend so I just went ahead and didn't workout Friday because I was on my feet all day and today is my rest day. Tomorrow I will commence my Barre classes. I was doing Barre3 but I realized that I had to modify too much so I gave in and bought Suzanne Bowens Slim and Tone and her Long and Lean workout to do. I am going to do the 4 days a week alternating each with 30-45 minutes on the elliptical. My belly is doing well it is just getting big. There are no stretch marks or anything to tell you about :) 


Maternity Clothes:Yes I am wearing them. I recently bought 2 new dresses and a pair of leggings to wear. I think that is all I am going to buy LOL. I just need a few things for when I get so big I don't know what to do with myself and something to wear this summer after the baby is born that is comfortable. So far I only have 4-6 shirts, 3 dresses, 2 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of leggings. That's not too bad I suppose.

Movement: OH YES My little mamacita is moving like CRAZY and I love it. I can see her through my belly now it's pretty cool and creepy to see at the same time LOL

Sleep: I am sleeping well overall. I just wish that I could sleep some more! I am starting to have the third trimester effects hit me and I am TOTALLY not ready for that! ha ha!

Cravings:Raisins and mangoes are my thing right now. I have also been shunning vegetables again. I am going to have to start making my smoothies again ;)

Best Pregnancy Moment This Week: I didn't really have one really. All I wanted to do was sit in bed all day and relax and we were so busy that didn't happen. I am ready to just chill and relax and have super nice weather all the time!

Goals for next week: Ok seriously! Get my registry done workout every day this week and relax a bit more! 

Thoughts: I am truly enjoying my pregnancy and I am SO excited that I get to have one more little baby in my life. I am seriously blessed by all the love and kind words that have been offered for my baby and I. I am TOO excited to have a girl and can't wait until she gets here so we can hangout. I am a bit worried about the dynamic that we will have in the house and it will take some getting used to and I feel like it is normal to have these feelings. I cannot wait!